Italian cannelloni has long attracted catalan housewives. on december 26, the day of sant esteve, they are prepared in almost every house in catalonia. according to legend, the basis for the filling was the remains of the roast from the christmas meal. Since then, the recipe has undergone some changes, except for one: the meat is still cooked first and only then scrolled in a meat grinder. Due to this (and not only), the filling turns out very tender, literally melts in the mouth. I offer my own version of this delicious dish.
What a new Year’s feast without fish and seafood dishes. I suggest that you, dear cooks, prepare a simple and home-made delicious dish of cod steaks for the festive New year’s table. The dish is good both cold and hot.
Fish in crazy water (Pesce all’acqua pazza) – an old dish of the Italian poor. There are two similar theories about this strange name. According to one of them, due to the fact that salt was not affordable for the poor, fishermen began to cook freshly caught fish in a sauce of sea water and wine. According to the second theory, giving most of the wine produced to the landlords, the peasants began to make a certain drink from various remnants of wine production and water. They called it Acqua pazza (crazy water) and from it came the name of the fish. Whatever it was, the dish is simple, and the fish as a result is tender and juicy.
Today in our menu “Fricando” – a delicious dish of Catalan gastronomy, represents not that other, as the veal with mushrooms, braised in white wine. Due to the availability of fresh wild mushrooms, it is prepared in the fall, but if there are none, replace them with mushrooms, canned or dried mushrooms and enjoy this hearty and at the same time delicious dish at any time of the year. Cooking will take you about half an hour, the remaining time the veal will languish on a slow fire and invitingly remind you of itself with an alluring aroma.
Ptitim-Israeli couscous, a great base for delicious and interesting dishes. It is very interesting to experiment with ptitim. I suggest you cook it in wine today, as a side dish for fish.
